Dan Gryder

Inverted said:
Gryder is a special POS. The dude bullied a Spirit pilot into coming onto his podcast because the Spirit pilot was talking bad about him. Dan threatened to call Spirit to get him fired over it. He is a slimy degenerate.
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I mean that's just scratching the surface of scummy things this guy has done.
 
BobDDuck said:
I agree. Springer knew he was entertainment. McGraw thinks (or at least portrays) he's the real deal.
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I wish I had kept a copy of the “rider” for working/flying on the good doctors airplane. I’ve worked on a lot of airplanes over the years for a lot of very rich or very famous (sometimes both) people and I’ve never seen anything like it before or since. Someone was trying to make sure he wasn’t allowed to indulge in whatever proclivities he was fond of. I won’t say much more about it because it’s none of my, or your, business. Springer had no weird rules, just get him back on the road.
 
knot4u said:
I wish I had kept a copy of the “rider” for working/flying on the good doctors airplane. I’ve worked on a lot of airplanes over the years for a lot of very rich or very famous (sometimes both) people and I’ve never seen anything like it before or since. Someone was trying to make sure he wasn’t allowed to indulge in whatever proclivities he was fond of. I won’t say much more about it because it’s none of my, or your, business. Springer had no weird rules, just get him back on the road.
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When Doc Phil was still doing a motivation speaking tour, I worked one of the shows. As you said, the rider was... interesting.
 
Does anyone know definitively if Gryder was fired from Delta? It would seem that he was either fired, or that Delta made him “an offer that he couldn’t refuse”- Either “unilaterally retire”, or have a Part 121 Carrier Termination on your record. Leaving a gig like that doesn’t come lightly, no matter what a known liar with multiple restraining orders in place has to say. It is possible that Gryder was so obstinate that he quit on his own, confirming that he suffers from a strange sense of aggrandizement.

The problem with all of these “amateur accident investigators”, is that none of them have aviation accident investigation training. They get was passes these days as “celebrity status”, akin to social media influencer dynamics, and their ego’s have them believing that they are something that they are not. Juan Browne is just as bad at the core as Dan Gryder, he just doesn’t have the narcissistic personality disorder that the soon to be bankrupt genius. They all blather about accidents prematurely, not to ”enhance aviation safety”, but to get their mugs on a video and monetize the clicks (either directly or for marketing their other sources of income- instruction, appearances, etc). Sometimes it’s just plain Kardashian narcissism, a desire to feel the adulation. Social media becomes there world, and social media isn’t the real world, as a Fort Worth judge proved last month.

Some of the comments while families are still shocked and grieving have been appalling, and you are likely to see the Gryder ruling open the flood gates from some of these families.

The most telling aspect of his was that Gryder’s method of intimidation against kids who didn’t have the means to file on him ran out. He tried it with Cook via text messages and calls, which ended up being used against him in court. Cook was having none of it, filed on him and will carry it through (to the benefit of the aviation community as well). For Gryder to not show up and get a default judgement against him, lose his legal representation, then show up in a Ft Worth Court pretending that he was never served (which was disproven by his own text messages) speaks volumes. It was infantile. The judge welcomed hapless Dan into the adult world. Even then, he tried to pathetically weasel out with Cook’s attorney by offering an “apology video” to offset a ~1.1 million dollar judgement against him. I’m afraid that‘s all you need to know about the amazing, take no prisoners, bad arse, Dan Gryder.

I feel sorry for the guy. Something or someone along the way made him this way. He’s broken, which has left a trail of drama and wreckage in his life.
 
Mr Grinch said:
Does anyone know definitively if Gryder was fired from Delta?

I feel sorry for the guy. Something or someone along the way made him this way. He’s broken, which has left a trail of drama and wreckage in his life.
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Per another public court document, that you can find via google, he claims to have quit when someone he was going into business with offered him what he said he needed to leave. Surprise surprise that deal fell through and there was bad blood, hence the court case…

Also, I don’t feel bad for him. I can personally attest to him being a version of this for the last 25yrs. It really came off the rails in early 2000’s and has only gotten worse. Not a single person that has ever dealt with him has any different story than what is out there now. He is nice until he has what he needs to move one rung up the latter and then you get this behavior.


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Inverted said:
Being forced to quit, is being fired. The reality is that either way, he wouldn't be eligible for rehire at Delta, and who the hell would willingly give up an airline career...

HE WAS FIRED
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I wish airlines would stop doing that. If you’re unfit for the job, you’re likely unfit for the job no matter what the paint on the plane looks like.

Im all for giving people chances, but every single airline has people who don’t need to be doing this anymore, and we can likely agree on them by name. Nobody at southwest was surprised when they learned who landed nose first in LGA, just as I’m sure those as Delta who heard the rant of Captain Happy weren’t surprised. Give these people a chance and the support they need to sort it out, then send them packing.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
I wish airlines would stop doing that. If you’re unfit for the job, you’re likely unfit for the job no matter what the paint on the plane looks like.

Im all for giving people chances, but every single airline has people who don’t need to be doing this anymore, and we can likely agree on them by name. Nobody at southwest was surprised when they learned who landed nose first in LGA, just as I’m sure those as Delta who heard the rant of Captain Happy weren’t surprised. Give these people a chance and the support they need to sort it out, then send them packing.
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I agree.

What I would like, however, is less assuming 'everyone knows about this guy', which isn't necessarily true, then he gets hired and then you endure weeks of "I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU GUYS DID THAT!"

Bruh, we don't watch the same cartoons.

I do wish civilian pilots came with USAF-style OPR's.
 
derg said:
I agree.

What I would like, however, is less assuming 'everyone knows about this guy', which isn't necessarily true, then he gets hired and then you endure weeks of "I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU GUYS DID THAT!"

Bruh, we don't watch the same cartoons.

I do wish civilian pilots came with USAF-style OPR's.
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most bid avoided - shouldnt be a badge of honour
 
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